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| Caroline with mosasaur, Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County |
Caroline Arnold is the author of more than 100 books for young readers. She grew up in Minneapolis, MN, and has degrees in art from Grinnell College and the University of Iowa. She now lives in Los Angeles, CA.
Her most recent books featuring Mesozoic critters are
GLOBAL WARMING AND THE DINOSAURS (Clarion 2009) and
GIANT SEA REPTILES OF THE DINOSAUR AGE (Clarion 2007).
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| Caroline with Pteranodon, Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County |
And, no, mosasaurs and pterosaurs are not dinosaurs :-). The former are (probably) varanids related to Komodo dragons and the latter are flying archosaurs.
By: SSPP Reads,
on 5/11/2011
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Some interesting animal stories of late that beg a trip to the public library:
- Silent Knight, a blinded California Sea Lion, was brought to his new home at San Francisco Zoo on May 6, with buddy Henry, also blind. Silent Knight was shot in the head with buckshot and found at Swede’s Beach in Sausalito during the Christmas Season. Silent Knight is seven feet long and weighs 350 pounds. Henry and Silent Knight seem happy in their new environment (mercurynews.com). Check out Sea Lions by Caroline Arnold.
- San Francisco Zoo will be getting a Siberian Tiger from the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska in June. Martha, this 9½ year old female, will be the first Siberian at the Zoo since the fatal attack in December 2007. Zoo Director Tanya Peterson says the Doorly Zoo “has made a decision to start paring down their (big cat) collection.” Martha will live in the tiger exhibit with walls 22 feet high (sfgate). Check out Big Cats by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent.
- Underground for 13 years, cicadas have emerged in the states of Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. They are big, loud, and in your face but other than that, cicadas are harmless according to Belmont University entomologist Steve Murphree, also a member of the Tennessee Entomological Society (The Tennessean). Check out Cicadas! Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle.
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Patrons of Blue Chair Children's Books wiggled and waggled, squiggled and squirmed, their way through the store on Saturday.
The independent children's bookstore in Glendora, California, threw the worm event of the year: a Wiggle and Waggle party with author Caroline Arnold and illustrator Mary Peterson on Saturday.
"The shop did a great job preparing for our visit. We had a nice audience with plenty of bug juice and dirt for snacks," said Mary. "Caroline and I read the story, sang the digging song, had real worms for the kids to pet - and sold some books! We had a great time."
"The live worms were a big success, as well as the gummy worms in "dirt" (chocolate pudding mixed with Oreo cookie crumbs) that the store prepared for a snack," said Caroline.
Those real worms aren't nearly as cute as Wiggle and Waggle, but they're still a lot of fun!
Kudos to Rachel and Doug Rustenberg at Blue Chair for hosting a great event!
By: Greg Leitich Smith,
on 5/20/2011
By: Charlesbridge,
on 9/24/2007
Patrons of Blue Chair Children's Books wiggled and waggled, squiggled and squirmed, their way through the store on Saturday.
"The shop did a great job preparing for our visit. We had a nice audience with plenty of bug juice and dirt for snacks," said Mary. "Caroline and I read the story, sang the digging song, had real worms for the kids to pet - and sold some books! We had a great time."
Kudos to Rachel and Doug Rustenberg at Blue Chair for hosting a great event!
